Eto, Ryotaro
Takano, Shigetsugu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6495-0422
Zhou, Daren
Suzuki, Kensuke
Takayashiki, Tsukasa
Suzuki, Daisuke
Sakai, Nozomu
Ohtsuka, Masayuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24K11907, 23K08207, 23K08207, 24K11907, 24K11907, 24K11907, 23K08207)
This study was also supported by Denka Company Limited
Article History
Received: 1 February 2025
Revised: 2 August 2025
Accepted: 28 August 2025
First Online: 3 October 2025
Competing interests
: ST and MO report receiving grants for this study from Denka Co., Ltd. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed by the other authors.
: The research was carried out according to the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol (protocol #2958) was approved by the ethics committees of Chiba University and written informed consent was obtained from each patient before surgery. The animal procedures (#A5-090) were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Chiba University.
: All the authors consented to publication.
: Not applicable.